The encounter between Naxalites and security forces went on for nearly 12 hours, during which three District Reserve Guard (DRG) jawans were killed in action.
A total of 12 Maoists have been killed in an exchange of fire during an anti-Naxal operation along the Bijapur-Dantewada border in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region, officials said on Wednesday.
Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami approved government service appointments for the dependents of two martyred soldiers from Tehri Garhwal district, reaffirming state support to the families of fallen heroes.
"I hope that the Chief Minister provides financial assistance worth Rs 50 lakh announced (for the kin of the deceased jawan). I will also write a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah to provide the status of martyr to those who were killed serving the country, to those enrolled in BSF, Mi
The last rites of Rifleman Sunil Kumar were carried out with military honours. LG Manoj Sinha offered a wreath and paid tribute to the late army jawan.
Subedar Major Pawan Kumar, an Indian Army soldier from Shahpur in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh, was killed in the line of duty during heavy cross-border firing by Pakistan in the Rajouri sector of Jammu and Kashmir.
There is a misleading message doing the rounds on WhatsApp about donations to a particular bank account for the modernisation of the Indian Army and the soldiers injured or killed in action. The message quotes a Cabinet decision to this effect and invokes the name of actor Shri Akshay Kum
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday visited the families of the security personnel who lost their lives while combating terrorists in Kathua.